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July &, 1301,
People and Things
M
AUK I NO tln irii(,'ri' of its jx'ople
In tin' way uf in.itiTl.il prosperity,
S.hiii.Iitm )'. 1 11 1 y Is IrululK'h'K la
a ih.'W court hiiiiMi . Thirty-two
Wars iiiro tlit i hi ncrBtoiii itf tha
temple t.f JuMtli'f ut Wahou was laid, and
the pinners tlioiiKht they wiTr building
well. Lmif service dlj the 1-ulhllriK Ktve.
the affairs uf the count j bclni? triuiMiiuUxl
within Mm walls until iultc recently, whun
tncreim in lni.sln, ss und tlio natural dvr
Of th fruiuw liiillilliiK dcniuiuliil that more
adeqiiHtu an.l impropriate hi'iitlijuiirtrrs be
furnished, cm June 2 tlu cornerstone of
the proponed new building wns luld with
approprhito ceremonies, the county com
missioners tun-In the mutter In harjj.
The day w.u Hindu tt holiday at Wahoo,
and was K n-rally observed by tlio poopla
Of the county. When done the new build
In will be o credit to the enterprislnjr
citizens of one of the most progressive and ;
prosjxrous counties of Nebraska. '
Mr. und Mrs. (T 1'hllHps of Ooltimhiis
celebrated their trolden weddln anniversary
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson, a '
Meter of Mrs. l'hlllips, at ltlalr, Neb. ,
Nearly a hundred friends of the family
from OolunibiiH, Fremont, IJlk City, Omaha
and UlaJr wore In attendaiiee. A ceremony
was performed at hlh noon by Hev. Mr.
Marsh of the Kplseopal church nt Hlair.
George 1. l'hlllips and Julia A. Jarkson 1
were married May 3, IsM, In UiUc county,
Illinois. Ten years later thry removed to
Nebraska, und were unions pome of the
pioneers of Douglas eounty, loc-utlnK on a
fsrm twenty-two miles west of Omaha,
near the old town of Klk City, on the mili
tary road. They resided there continuously
until about six years aco, when they
moved to Columbus to make their home
with their son, J Ion. (i. Phillips. On
May 1, lSftl, they stepped off a steamboat
at Omaha.
Woman Shot Wildcat
KIGJIT for life with a hunTy
wildcat from the southern liilli
of Colorado, the sure shot of a
nervy woman and the rescue of
a loy from a terrl'de denth nvm
the essentia features of a suburban trag
edy which occurred five miles south of
I'ueblo ono right last week at the home of
George J. Warden, a prominent contractor
of Pueblo.
Mr. Warden was away. During: the night
young Adam Warden, his brother, heard
peculiar noises at the barn. Ho threw on
his clothes and ran out to see what was
the matter.
As he unlocked the barn door his atten
tion was held by a deep, hoarse mewing,
accompanied by the stamping of horses'
feet and the whinny of alarm. Still un
suspecting, ho entered, to feel at once the
pricking of a score of cruel cuts on his
back and shoulders, the weight of a heavy
animal on him and to hear tho angry growl
of the wild beast In his ear.
He Jumped aside with a cry of fright
Then came a pistol shot and a sudden re
lief from his burden. The cat had spiting
over his head at someone beyond. Again
came the sound of a shot, followed by a
heavy thud to the floor. Then his sister-in-law
rushed up, asking If he was hurt.
It was all over In a moment Fainting
from his loss of blood, the boy stumbled
Into the house, where his wounds were
dressed.
It was Mrs. Warden who had followed
Mm from the house, armed with a .S8
Smith & Wesson, Intent upon discovering
the cause of tho noise, which had also
awakened her. Bhe saw tho oat spring upon
the boy and immediately brought the gun
Into play. Although she ran a great risk
of hitting htm. Instead of the beast, she
felt confident in the steadiness of her nerve.
Maddened with pain, the cat sprang from
the shoulders of the boy direct for the now
danger, claws outspread, spitting and
growling. Mrs. Warden's nerve did not
waver. Bhe caught the beast tn midair,
oomtng directly for her, with a bullet
through the heart It rolled over dead at
her feet. Then she helped her Must rated
brother Into the bouse and dressed his
wounds. Toung Warden is little the worse
lor his experience. Ills back is covered
With deep pishee and scratches, but none
Of them penetrated sufficiently deep to be
come serious.
Mrs. Warden baa a local reputation as a
crack shot Bhe haa a target in the back
yard at which she practices every day. Bhe
la an accomplished equestrienne and also
a Pueblo club woman of considerable prom
inence. Thl la by no means her first thrilling ex
perience. Sha once killed a black bear hi
Iowa while out camping with a party of
friend Housed In a big tent on the aide
of a hill, she waa the finrt to hear a rus
plclous noise breaking the night's still nee.
With a .44 Winchester she stole oat on a
tour of Investigation. In the moonlight
he saw a bear arproachlng. Bhe Bred and
wounded It The animal ran for her at
oooe.
She feared to shoot again becaase of the
danger that she would not be able to reload
tn time, and waited calmly until ahe could
be sure of herself. When the big. skulkmg
body of the bear waa within Ave feet of
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IAYINU THE COiiNKKSTONB OF TUB NEW SAUNDERS COUNTY COURT HO USE AT WAHOO. Neb., ON JITNE 2, 19J4-
I'hoto by Anderson, Wuhoo,
her and he bad sprung Into the air, aha
fired, hitUiig him in a vital spot and bring
ing him to the ground at her feet.
Bhe is only -T years of age, pretty, slight
and feminine In appearance. Denver I'ost
One of Twain's Jokes
I'.eforo Mark Twain made hl3 name fa
mous in his tirst produc tion of "The Inno
cenl.s Abroad" he was attached to tha
etalT of the old Alia California. It waa
while tin re that ho perpetrated one of bis
Jokes, whhh at that time had no mora
Bltftihieancc than tliat of an, ordinary wavg
who enjoyed a Utile fun. at another's ex
pensc. Hut since Mark has made his nam
known to the reading world the Joke will
bear repeating. j
It was one of those hot summer d&l
that occasionally visit San Francisco thfa
Mr. Woodward, one of the proprietora t
the Alta, stepped Into the editorial roaift
and there found Clemens drawing on the
end of a brier root pipe. Woodward
mopped his brow and when he cooled
down he began to deliver hlmclf forcible.
"I'm disgusted," snid Woodward, "at
What I Just saw on the street as I passed
by the carriageway leading Into Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s yard down at California and
Montgomery. Sitting on a chicken coop,
cither drunk or knocked out by the heat of
the sun. Is a police officer fast asleep."
"Iet us take a look at the animal," said
Clemens, getting up from his desk and
walking out.
On his way down to the comer he stepped
Into the California market and, going up
to a vegetable stall, he plucked a large
leaf from a head of cabbage. When he ar
rived at the place where the big, fat poll.e
man was fast asleep the humorist pro
ceeded to fan him with the cabbage leaf.
This amusing Fcene soon attracted a crowd,
which Inside of ten minutes had swelled
Into hundreds, and California street waa
blocked to traffic.
To add to the excitement someone had
run to the old city h ill and Inform, d Cap
tain Pouglass that there had been a rob
bery at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s, as the place
was surrounded by armed men. DongTaw
summoned every available cop on his fo-ee,
which nt the time counted lees than a
dozen, and rushed to the place designated.
After brushing the crowd to one side ha
entered the gateway and there- found
Clemens whirling the cabbage 1-af aa
thoogh nothing unusual had occurred about
him. To say that Captain Douglass was
mortified would be but a mild expression.
The drowsy cop liwt his tar and Clemens
enjoyed the Joke. San Francisco Calt
New Proverbs
The fool and his money are aa easily
pra rated as the wise man and his umbrella.
A beautiful woman may say anything;
but happily she mostly doesn't know bow.
Often by the time a man geta any la u re la
to reet on he has contracted chronic In
somnia. It Is a decadent freedom which Instead of
shrieking in a crisis la content with leave
to print
The depraved appHHe ts only what might
be expected with the art of cookery hold
ing the mirror up In the way beet ealco
lited to get nature thoroughly oiuifue4
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